Cutting and printing machine.



W. P. MARSH & H. E. DILL. CUTTING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1909.

1,029,021 Patented June 11,1912.

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W. P. MARSH & H. E. DILL.

GUTTING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

Patented June 11, 1912.

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APPLIOATION FILED JULY 31, 1909.

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CUTTING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLIOAJIIOK IILED JULY 51, 1909.

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UNITED STATESEATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM P. MARSH, OF DAYTON, OHIO, AND HARRY E. DILL, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDI- ANA, ASSIGNOBS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO NATIONAL CONING MACHINERY COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

CUTTING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM P. MARSH and HARRY E. DILL, bot-h citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the vented certain new and useful Improvements in Cutting and Printing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

' Our invention relates to printing and blank cutting machines and is particularly adapted for cutting, from a continuous web of paper, blanks for paper milk bottles such as shown and described in patent to Harry E. Dill, No. 926,053 and for printing thereon the name of the dairy company or other similar household articles and necessities, whereby the exterior of the paper bottle may be utilized as an advertising medium.

The object of the invention is to simplify the structure as well as the means and mode of operation of such machines whereby they will not only be cheapened in construction but will be substantially automatic in operation, efficient and easily operated, and. unlikely to get out of repair.-

A further object is to provide a machine adapted to deliver the printed blanks at a very high rate of speed.

With the above primary and other incidentalobjects in View, as will more fully appear in the specification, the invention consists of the features of construction, the parts and combinations thereof, and the mode of operation as hereinafter set forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the assembled machine. Fig. 2 tea side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation showing the means for operating the ink distributing rolls. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the paper web showing the work performed.

Like parts are indicated by similar character of reference throughout the several views.

In constructing the device there is employed a main frame comprising two side frame members 1 connected by tie rods 2 bars 3. Journaled in suitable adjust- Specifl-oation of Letters Patent. Application filed July 31, 1909. Serial No. 510,666.

inscription or advertisement of Patented June 11,1912.

able bearings 4 carried in the main frame are three revoluble drums 5, 6, and 7. The drum 5 is carried on the main drive shaft 8 which shaft also carries the fast and loose drive pulleys 9 and 10 and at its oppositt end the pulley. 11 adapted to drive an endless carrier 12 hereinafter referred to. The drum 5 is the platen drum and has a smooth metallic surface. Carried on the main shaft 8 is a spur gear 13 meshing with a similar gear14 on the shaft of the second drum 6. The drum 6 is provided with peripheral flanges 15 at each end thereof, between which are located removable segmental plates 16. The segmental plates 16 are somewhat wedge shaped and are attached to the drum 6 by screws 17 extended through slotted openings in the segmental plate. Adjusting screws 18 are provided in the peripheral flanges of the drum 6 and bear upon the opposite ends of the segmental plates 16 and provide means whereby the segmental plates may be longitudinally adjusted upon the drums within the limits of the slot-ted opening engaged by the screw 17. The segmental plates 16 carry cutting beads 19 by which the paper web is severed into the successive bottle blanks. ting beads 19 of each plate are arranged in two'concentric curves adjacent to either end The cutof the segmental plate which curves are connected by straight divergent beads coincident with the edges of the plates. To

economize material, the cutting beads of each succeeding metal plate are arranged tightening of the screws 18 that pass through the flanges 15 and engage the end sections of the plates. The end and middle sections, together with the curved knives, form a wedge-shaped unit which can-be ad- 'justed longitudinally by loosening the screwsin onefiange 15 and tightening the. screws in the other flange of the 'drum., Since the plates 16 are reversely arranged in alternate order, the straight cutting beads or blades 19 are clamped between the adjacent straight edges of proximate plates 16, and by relative longitudinal movement of said proximate. plates, the straight cutting beads or blades 19 are clamped in position. In order to permit the plate 16 to "be longitudinally adjusted by the screws 18, the screws 17 will be loose, and after the cutting blades or beads are clamped in position, the screws 17 are tightened. Secured upon the segmental plates within the figure formed by the cutting beads 19 is an electrotype or other printing plate 20 having thereon the type for the inscription I to be printed upon the bottle blank. L0-

" 28Tcarry1ng a spr cated on the surface of the segmental plates and adjacent to the inner side of the cuttingbeads 19 are a plurality of resilient fingers or plungers 21. These resilient plungers are preferably studs of rubber or similar material but might be spring actuated members. These resilient studs extend'substam tially to or slightly beyond the edge of the cutting beads 19 and serve to disengage the severed blank from the cutting bead and from the printing plate to which it might otherwise adhere.

The third or uppermost drum 7 of the series carries upon its periphery a plurality of inking pads 22 so located thereon as to register with the printing-plates 20 of the drum '6. The drum 7 is rotated in unison with the drum 6 by means of a spur gear 23 carried on the shaft thereof which meshes with ,the ear 14 of the shaft of the drum 6.

The side rame members 1 are provided with rearward extending arms 24 upon which is carried an ink fountain 25 and a series of ink distributing rolls. One side of the inking fountain orreservoir 25 comprises a roll 26-journaled in bearings on the arms 24 and 'on the shaft of which is carried a ratchet wheel 27. There is also carried on the shaft of the r ler 26 an oscillating lever f g actuated pawl 29 engaging the ratchet wheel 27 A pitman rod 30.connects the lower end of the'lever 28 with a crank head 31 carried on the shaft of the 7. The pitman 30 is adjustably connected to the crank head 31 whereby the oscillatinglever, 29 may be' given a greateror less degree oflmovement. As the roller 26 is :rotatedits surface receives a coatin 7 of ink from the fountain or reservoir 25 w ich (is transferred to the surface of a second roller'32s The roller 32 is journaled in oscillatingarms 33 carried on a transverse shaft 34 supported in the arms 24 and is adapted to, move out of contact with the initial roll 26 and into contact with the next J roll 35 cf the series by the oscillation of the supporting arms 33. To shift the intermedia'te roll 32 from contact with the roll 26 to the roll 35 there is provided a rock arm 36 on the transverse shaft 34 to which is attached a reciprocating member 37 actuated by the cam 38 secured upon the shaft of the drum 7. The cam 38 is provided with an irregular cam groove 39 engaged by a stud or roller 40 on the reciprocating mem ber 37 whereby at each rotation of the drum 7 the reciprocating member 37 will be oper: ated to oscillate the transverse shaft 34 and thereby shift the roll 32. At its forward end the member 37 is supported by a link 41 pivotally connected thereto and at its opposite end to the lug 42 on the. main frame. The roller 35 contacts the roller 43 also journaled on the arm 24 to which it transfers a coating of ink, and the roller 43 in turn transfers the ink to the inking pads 22 of the drum 7. The roller 43 1s positively driven by means of a spur pinion 44-on the shaft thereof which meshes with the corresponding gear 45 on the shaft of the drum 7,,the roller 35 being driven in turn by its contact with the positively driven roller 43. Supported in arms 46 and contacting the roller 35 is a distributing roller 47 capable not only of revoluble movement but also longitudinal movement during its rotation. To shift the distributing roller 47 longitudinally there is provided a lever 48 pivoted on the main frame one end of which engages a grooved collar 49 on the shaft of the roller 47 while the opposite end engages a cam way in the cam member 50 carried upon the shaft of the drum 7. The cam way of the member 50 is so shaped that upon the rotation of the drum 7 and the shaft thereof by which the member 50 is carried, the lever 48 will be oscillated to reciprocate the distributing roll 47 while it is bein rotated by its contact with the roll 35. e paper --web is fed from any suitable source of supply 'over a guiding drum 51 'ournaled in the main frame and passes etween the drums 5 and 6. The cutting bead 19 of the frame thus severs the paper web into a series of bottle blanks of the sha e shown in Fig. 5, and at the same time prmts thereon such inscription as may be desired according to the printing plate 20. After passing between the drums 5 and 6 the successive blanks and also the waste material are received on a table 52 from which they are discharged onto an endless belt carrier 12 which is continuously driven from the drive pulley 11 on the main shaft 8.

From the above description it will be apparent that there'is thus produced a machine of the character described, possessing the particular features 6f advanta e'before enumerated as desirable but whlchobviouslyis susceptible of modification in its form, proportion, detail construction, and' arrangement of parts without departing from the principle involved or sacrificing any of its advantages- Having thus described our invention we claim:

1. In a machine of the class described, a. main frame and a plurality of coacting revoluble drums therein, one drum including a plurality of alternate reversely-arranged wedge-shaped plates extending around the periphery thereof, adjustable means on the drums engaging the ends of the plates for moving the latter longitudinally relatively to each other, cutting blades clamped between adjacent plates by the relative l0ngit-udinal adjustment thereof, and printing means arranged on the plates between the said blades.

2. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, and a plurality of coacting drums therein, one drum having spaced peripheral flanges, segmental wedgeshaped plates set in between the flanges and reversely arranged in alternate order, adjusting devices mounted in the flanges and engaging the ends of the plates-for moving the latter longitudinally, cutting blades clamped between adjacent plates by the. relative longitudinal adjustment thereof, and printing means arranged on the plates between the said blades.

3. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, and a plurality of coacting drums therein, one drum having spaced peripheral flanges, segmental Wedgeshaped plates set in between the flanges and reversely arranged in alternate order, adjusting devices mounted in the flanges and engaging the ends of the plates for moving the latter longitudinally, cutting" blades clamped between adjacent plates by the relative longitudinal adjustment thereof, printing means arranged on the plates between the said blades, and additional blades extending across the plates and meeting the ends of the first-mentioned blades.

4. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, and a plurality of revoluble drums mounted in said frame, one drum having a plurality of wedge-shaped segmental plates arranged on its periphery reversely one to another and each plate consisting of end and middle sections, cutting blades between the sections, additional cutting blades between adjacent plates, devices carried by the drum and engaging the end sections of the plates for clamping together the sections of the plates and blades be: tween them and the blades between adjacent plates, and printing means arranged on the middle sections of the plates.

In testimony whereof, We have hereunto set-our hands this 28th day of July A. D. 60

WILLIAM P. MARSH.

HARRY E. DILL.

Witnesses of the signature of William P. Marsh: j

J. H. KELLm, GEORGE GRAVES.

Witnesses of the signature of Harry E. Dill:

THEO. C. LINDSEY, Jr., F. L. WALKER. 

